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Yak Come Across The Winner Of 53Rd Jnanpith Accolade 2017 - Krishna Sobti

Hindi fiction author as well as essayist Krishna Sobti has been chosen for this year's Jnanpith Award 2017 - India's highest literary award, the Jnanpith Selection Board announced today.

Sobti was born on xviii February, 1925 inwards the Gujarat say of immediately Pakistan. After the partition, she came to Delhi as well as always since she has been writing from the working capital missive of the alphabet itself.

Sobti is known for experimenting amongst novel writing styles as well as creating “bold” as well as “daring” characters inwards her stories who were cook to convey all challenges.  Her linguistic communication is highly influenced yesteryear the intermingling of Hindi, Urdu as well as Panjabi cultures.


In 1980, Sobti was conferred amongst the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Zindaginama. In 1996, she was too awarded amongst the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.


Sobti's other magnificent plant include Aye Ladki, Mitro Marjani and Jaini Meherban Singh, to cite a few. This twelvemonth the Jnanpith Awards' alternative commission had Girishwar Mishra, Harish Trivedi, Ramakant Rath on board. Last year, the observe was given to the pop Bengali author Sankha Ghosh.

Sobti volition move awarded amongst a cash prize of Rs eleven lakh, a certificate as well as a memento equally business office of the 53rd Jnanpith Award ceremony.

About Jnanpith Award

  • Jnanpith Award is an India's Highest literary observe presented annually yesteryear the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary as well as query organization to an author for the "outstanding contribution towards literature".
  • This observe was start instituted inwards the twelvemonth 1961.
  • This observe comprises a citation plaque, a cash prize of ₹11 lakh, as well as a bronze replica of goddess Saraswati.
  • First winner of this observe : G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam)
  • Last Year's Winner of this observe : Shankha Ghosh (Bengali)
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